I always find it so interesting how your "play" with these fashion dolls, reflect the real world. And in turn your own state of mind at the time. Fashion dolls are instruments of projection as well! It's heartening to hear that you eventually worked on 'self-concept' and maybe diversified your surroundings? Nonetheless, it's all a journey! <3

do it!! These topics need to be talked about 100%

I'm so honored I could make it to the playlist! <3

@@dorothydiabetes ❤

I see what you're saying, but there is enough photographic evidence around, and documented. All of which will be saved in the internet archive. Don't mean this in a harsh way...but hoarding pieces of vaudeville for "educational purposes" Isn't the reclamation we think it is. These pieces invoke emotional responses of inferiority and are damaging to the psyche, let alone the collective psyche. I'm very much pro-upload and then delete the file!! You also used the term, "pacifying" as a way to soothe our collective discomfort. But I argue that destroying these pieces sends a clear message in what we as the black diaspora, are no longer willing to tolerate. The collapse of colonialism will take radical action and thinking. I say we consider a collective, historical burning of these items.

It's what I do <33 ty

Yeah, it's so disturbing to have these golliwogs at conventions and doll-shows. Very very outdated and embarrassing.

So happy that I could shift your perspective! <33

@@dorothydiabetes she has been my favourite person in the world, since she walked into my life, aged nine, and stole my heart with a smile.

In my area (a very urban and quite multicultural part of Canada), we often don't even receive the Black dolls of a line. I've waited for an articulated Barbie for years and she never showed up while her blonde counterpart kept being restocked every season. It also took Walmart quite over a year to bring the Naturalistas to their shelves, and we haven't even seen the Latinistas yet! Monster High Venus has just arrived too and Catty is still only available through Amazon, while other dolls generally show up about at the same time as their US release or a month later. It's really frustrating.

⁠​⁠​⁠@@monstresynthetique3644my experience in NZ has kinda been opposite. Since we’re considered an international country, getting most fashion dolls is expensive here 4 stores & ppl. Some of the only dolls I c from a line is an excess of the Black doll. I don’t think it’s the phenomenon of consumers not getting Black dolls. I think since every store in some countries simply doesn’t order the Black dolls in a line, they get cheap enough 4 NZ stores 2 order. I swear I c 5x the amount of Black dolls from a line sometimes. Sometimes, they dont sell very well but i frequently notice the shelves still get cleared out, even with the volume of these orders. It’s frustrating that some countries just dont get Black dolls when, in my perspective, they sell well.

@@monstresynthetique3644(2nd attempt trying 2 post this comment 😬). I swear they sell well in my country (NZ). We get 5x the amount on shelves compared 2 other dolls & the shelves still get cleared. I’ve seen entire isles of Black Barbies get sold after a few months. I suspect we have so many bc other countries exclude Black dolls & that probably means they’re cheaper 4 stores 2 order. I just don’t understand the nation-wide prejudice bc, in my perspective, Black dolls r just as successful. I’ve noticed, as long as a doll is cheap, it’s getting sold.

But... They absolutely do have multiple blonde dolls in a line lmao

Also... why is it that they're capable of having multiple white dolls with different hair colors (and even the same ones!) and they're only able to have one black doll and that's it? Lmao And the fact that the white dolls sometimes are brunettes or gingers instead of blondes doesn't make them more inclusive, they're still all white dolls lmfao And people do talk about asian and latino representation. This is why Jasmin and Jade from Bratz are seen as important dolls along with Sasha

Considering these are dolls and we are arbitrarily using a dolls hair appearance to decide how much or little to represent a whole race of people, they could make a black doll with any of these hair colors. We all know that plenty of people dye their hair, why do these dolls need a "naturally biologically occuring hair color"? And even if they should, you could have a black girl with dark hair and a black girl with brown hair, plenty of black people have light hair. If you can have 4 varieties of white dolls for the sake of hair, why not acknowledge the culture of hairstyling and have an afro doll, a braid doll, and a straight haired doll, a dreadlock doll? I guarantee you little girls would see the difference and be drawn to each one distinctly. And it's frankly stupid to decide these things on hair color. Black people come in all shades, why not have diversity because every black person I've ever met has a different skin color. Asian, Middle Eastern, South American and White people too, have different undertones that could be represented. Or eye color. Not all black people have dark eyes, there is light brown and hazel that could be represented. Edit: A white friend of mine wanted to point out that this leads to vastly over representing the number of redheads (they come from a family of redheads in every doll line) meanwhile millions of black girls get maybe one each doll line.

What an arbitrary comparison?? Comparing hair color to race is like comparing apples to oranges. I think u should've just kept it at "It's not that deep". Because your logic doesn't make a lick of sense, unfortunately. But, yes. Race is that deep. Srry that you lack nuance and critical thinking ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

No way you legitimately believe this. It’s insanely racist and most of what you said is false- esp that there’s only one doll of a certain hair color per line. Let’s count how many blonde Millie dolls are in a Barbie fashionista roll out, even though they are considered to be one of the most diverse doll lines (fashionistas in particular). Why can’t you make your non-white dolls blonde or red headed, also? Or a fashion color? This is just your flimsy excuse at exclusion and it’s pretty outdated. Collectors love to have black dolls with blonde natural hair or Asian red head dolls.

I think the point of the exp. was to show that there was bias, to begin with. Both dolls came from the same company. That was the neutralizer. They were the exact same except for skin color.

I also feel like a "yes or no" response is inconclusive and giving too much power to the conductors of the experiment. Rather than giving the participants of the experiment an active choice.

@@dorothydiabetes yes you are right I agree

Whenever I see Naturalistas, HBCyou, and Positively Perfect dolls and stores I always get jealous of modern little girls and all the wonderful (Black owned!) dolls they get to choose from! I second that about the Bratz. If I remember correctly, there has only ever been 1 Sasha doll with afro hair. I think it was Dance Crewz Sasha.

Why Thankyou!!

I <3 this comment sm! And, for sure. I'm definitely slept on lmao

@ I hope the algorithm recognizes that and picks your content up more!!